#3BBCE0#3BBCE0

#3BBCE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.120 H 220.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3BBCE0
RGB	rgb(59, 188, 224)
HSL	hsl(193, 73%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(193, 74%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 16.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, -23.00, -28.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 36.25, 230.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% -0.0907 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.12 220.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2358, 42.2741, 76.9146)
Luminance	0.4228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3BBCE0 #E05F3B

analogous

#3BE0B1 #3BBCE0 #3B69E0

triadic

#3BBCE0 #E03BBC #BCE03B

tetradic

#3BBCE0 #B13BE0 #E05F3B #69E03B

square

#3BBCE0 #B13BE0 #E05F3B #69E03B

split-complementary

#3BBCE0 #E03B69 #E0B13B

monochromatic

#16718B #1E9CC0 #3BBCE0 #70CEE8 #A5E0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#3BBCE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#3BBCE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #3BBCE0

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3BBCE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3BBCE0	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B7E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A7E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3bbce0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 188, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.120 220.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0e9',
    500: '#3bbce0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3bbce0;
$custom-light: #88d0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3bbce0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.091,
    "s": 72.687,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74116,
    "c": 0.11986,
    "h": 220.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3BBCE0

secondary

#DEA899

accent

#6038EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FD

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #3BBCE0

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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